Descriptive statistics (<i>n</i> = 75) for chronological age, maturity status and body composition, and results of the Kolmogorov–Smirnov test for checking the normality of the distribution.

<p>Abbreviations: PMS, predicted mature stature; DXA, dual x-ray absorptiometry; BMD, bone mineral density; BMC, Bone mineral content.</p><p>Descriptive statistics (<i>n</i> = 75) for chronological age, maturity status and body composition, and results of the Kolmogorov–Smirnov test for checking the normality of the distribution.</p

Relationship of the ln transformed lower limbs lean soft tissue (LST_DXA) with chronological age (CA, panel a), percentage of predicted mature stature attained at the time of study (% PMS, panel b), and <i>z</i>-score for % PMS (<i>z</i> PMS, panel c).

<p>Relationship of the ln transformed lower limbs lean soft tissue (LST_DXA) with chronological age (CA, panel a), percentage of predicted mature stature attained at the time of study (% PMS, panel b), and <i>z</i>-score for % PMS (<i>z</i> PMS, panel c).</p

Descriptive statistics (<i>n</i> = 75) for anthropometric variables, results of the Kolmogorov–Smirnov test for checking the normality of the distribution, and bivariate correlations of anthropometry with chronological age and maturity status.

<p>Abbreviations: CA, Chronological age; PMS, predicted mature stature; <i>r</i>, Pearson's product moment correlation coefficient; 95% CI, 95% confidence interval.</p><p>Descriptive statistics (<i>n</i> = 75) for anthropometric variables, results of the Kolmogorov–Smirnov test for checking the normality of the distribution, and bivariate correlations of anthropometry with chronological age and maturity status.</p